If you didn’t see it, I compiled a list of all the new knitting books coming out in the next few months–or, at least, all the ones I could find on Amazon.

Guess how many there were?

Forty-four! That’s a lot of books!

Which ones have I actually pre-ordered?

• I love the cover sweater on Color Style, so that was one of them.
• The Mason-Dixon book–of course!
• The Yarn Harlot’s new book was a must and
• Franklin Habit’s just because I love his cartoons so much.
• The Classic Elite book because their styles are always so classy.
•  Melissa Leapman’s new cable book, because her first one was good, cables are so much fun, and that title just woos me every time I look at it.
• Boutique Knits, which surprised even me, because I’m not usually that drawn to accessories, but the preview pictures are so pretty–I think it was the hood that really got me.
• Oh, and the spinning book by Judith Mackenzie McCuin because, well, I had to!

Some of the ones I’m lusting after, but can’t fit into the budget?

• Nancy Bush’s Knitting Lace of Estonia
• Knitting on Top of the World by Nicki Epstein
• Knit One Below, because it looks so darn interesting, if only because I know so little about those kinds of stitches
• Wendy Johnson’s new sock book, because I’m sure it’s going to be good, but I almost always knit plain stockinette socks and can’t justify the cost.
• The Knitters Yarn Palette looks really interesting, too–it will be a great reference if it’s as good as it looks.

Sigh … books are addictive. Especially with that new habit of mine to feed.

And, may I also draw your attention to this post at the QC Report. My favorite quote?

Which leads me to what I believe; life is where you frame the picture. How we see ourselves is nothing more than the stories we tell ourselves, an accumulation of mental pictures which confirm the suspicions we already have. The things we remember and the things we forget, the parts of the story we place in the middle of the frame and the things we cut off or leave blurrily walking out of the picture are what comprise how we view each new event in our lives.

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